CVE record · CVE-2022-42488

Startup subsystem missed permission validation in param service. An malicious application installed on the device could elevate its privileges to the root user, disable security features, or cause Do…

CVSS 8.4 HighEPSS 0.0019 · 8th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: OpenHarmony) at 14 Oct 2022, 14:40 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenHarmony	OpenHarmony	affected OpenHarmony-v3.1.x-Release to 3.1.2, inclusive custom

Identifiers: CVE-2022-42488
CNA: OpenHarmony
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
Tags: OpenHarmony
Authentication bypass
Published: 14 Oct 2022
Updated: 14 May 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.4	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (OpenHarmony)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0019, the 8th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 14 Oct 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

gitee.com/openharmony/security/blob/master/en/security-disclosure/2022/2022-10.md

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